One of the nation’s strongest schedules and a third consecutive conference championship weren’t enough for UCLA to impress the NCAA men’s soccer committee. The third-ranked Bruins, a perennial men’s soccer powerhouse, did not earn a top-four seed like they had hoped. Read more...

A translator makes a nice addition to any interview. But for Chiemi Yamamoto, it is an addition she would like to do away with. Yamamoto, a freshman and member of the UCLA swim team, has a very full agenda. Read more...

After a long season of close calls and narrow margins, the men’s team finally did everything right and had the breakout race that they had been waiting for all season long. Read more...

EUGENE, Ore. “”mdash; When tailback Maurice Drew went down last week with a badly sprained ankle, there was the question of how UCLA would make up the 100-plus yards he normally averages. Read more...

Just before Danesha Adams trotted onto the field for the second half of Sunday’s match against San Diego, UCLA women’s soccer coach Jill Ellis issued her an ultimatum. Read more...

So this is the team the Bruins were meant to be. In the most exciting and closely contested match of the season, UCLA fell just short of upsetting two-time defending national champion USC 31-29, 30-28, 23-30, 21-30, 18-16. Read more...

With UCLA on the road, the Bruin faithful can at least turn off the television if the game gets out of hand. Playing in Oregon’s sold-out Autzen Stadium where they hadn’t won since 1997, without star tailback Maurice Drew, and following a puzzling loss to Washington State, this one had blowout written all over it for the Bruins. Read more...